Hola again

Hi everyone - I've been back in 'sunny' Ireland for more than a week now and its only now that I have gotten sufficient time to even look back at my blog and hopefully continue it on from where I left off.

So here's a quick summary of the story so far:

Croatian vultures, beer,
South African bush fires, beer,
lions, rhinos, elephants and horses, beer
great white sharks, beer + picaso shots
cape town township tours, wine tours & milky beer,
Australian marsupials, very cold beer
Sydney wine tours,
Great ocean road trips, beer
Melbourne xmas, new year, beer
New Zealand - pulling up pines, Ale and wine tours
Glacial walks, beer
Swimming with dolphins, beer
Black water rafting, water (ha fooled ya - it was actually beer!)
Skydiving, LOTS of BEER

I hope that brings everybody up to date - now lets continue our story....

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Hi

I am afraid that I have been unable to get sufficient time on internet due to every other tosspot wanting to use the computers in the hostels I am staying in. So I won´t be able to do any more posting until I get home.

Rest assured that I will complete the blog when I get home - if only to remind me what I did before the rest of my brain becomes sozzled with alcohol.

As the job situation is so bad back home in Ireland I was thinking of doing the following blogs as follow-ups.

Rays Job Market Travels
Rays Road Sweeping Travels
and
Rays Bin Hoking Travels

Hasta Luega

Bad News for blog

Things I have Lost/Broken/had stolen

Another set back in me doing the blog I'm afraid. I no longer have my powerlead for my laptop which means that I can no longer use it to do posts. I either left it in my hostel in Iquazu falls or it was taken from my bag when I came out of the bus station in Buenos Aires. I had my first run-in with thieves when I was walking from the bus station to the subway.

I was just merrily walking along when I noticed my shadow consisted of an extra person attached to my backpack. I swung round to see a guy skulk off quickly in the opposite direction. On investigation I discovered he had zipped open my daypack attachment on my larger rucksack. I was actually quite chuffed with myself for stopping a potential robbery and anyway all he would have gotten from that bag was a bottle of clothes washing liquid, several pairs of smelly socks and a headtorch.

It was only later on that I remembered I had placed my laptop power lead in there and it was now no longer there. Not sure what the thief is going to be able to with UK power lead but I hope he tries to change the wires and electrocutes himself in the process - BASTARD.

Its a bit too late to buy another lead now - especially as it will have an Argentine end so I am just going to wait until I get back home to buy a replacement.

I can still write posts on the blog but unfortunately without photos which are all on my now dead laptop.

Things I have learnt
Watch your shadow very closely when walking around with a rucksack. Always look in mirrors or shop windows when you are walking around with a rucksack. Try to have a lock or tied ends for your zips when walking around with a rucksack. Lastly ALWAYS ensure that you have used underwear at the top of your rucksack.